Proactive Investors - THG PLC (LON:THG), the e-commerce retailer, is planning to reduce its workforce by approximately 160 employees.
This decision primarily affects marketing, sales, and warehouse positions across the company.
At risk are around 60 marketing and sales staff from the group’s Ingenuity division, which provides clients with e-commerce solutions, and around 100 warehouse workers in Warrington.
It comes after the group finished automating its factories in the UK.
This automation led to several brands moving at the Manchester Icon facility and induced shift pattern changes in Warrington.
“Subject to consultation, The Hut Group is proposing to reduce the number of employees employed in the Omega site. 688 employees will be placed at risk, with our current proposal being that circa 100 employees be made redundant,” an internal email, as reported by the Warrington Guardian, said.
A consultation over the job cuts will run until March.
A THG spokesperson said the move is “in line with its strategic pivot towards larger enterprise clients.”
“Whilst this is regrettable, THG will support all colleagues affected by these changes, including exploring redeployment opportunities across the group where appropriate,” they added.
Earlier this month, THG’s Ingenuity division secured a £175 million contract to work with Holland & Barret, the wellness retailer.